Corchorus hirsutus L.

OCR>>>FLORA OF CURACAO Herbarium of Utrecht University (U)
TILIACEAE Corchorus hirsutus L.
Det. A.S.J. van Proosdij	1999
Christoffelpark, red route near road to Christoffel-mountain parking.
Shrub, up to 80 cm high. Stem brown. Leaf felt-like, blue-green. Venation of leaf on upper surface sunken, on lower surface protruding. Branches densely covered with brown stellate hairs. Sepal on the outer surface white-green and felt-like, on the inner surface green-yellow and glabrous. Petal yellow. Filaments and anthers yellow. Stigma and style green-yellow. Ovary white. Fruit blue-green and felt-like.
A.S.J.	van Proosdij
B.P.	van de Riet S.A.L. Zander
nr. 520
03 Feb 1999<<<OCR